Wirral Life August 2019 | Page 41

W L CREDIT: NATURAL SELECTION DESIGN CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY COMMISSIONED ON GARY USHER Meet Gary Usher, Britain’s most honest and controversial chef, as he spends a year breaking the rules of the restaurant world. Set to hit Channel 4 in the autumn, this hour-long insight into his mission to bring exceptional food to the masses will follow Gary on a journey to Prescot, Merseyside. In the hour-long documentary, we witness his quest to open a new restaurant and bring bistro food to the people of Prescot, purely because his gut says everyone loves good food and he’s adamant he can build a thriving business. Sticking two fingers up at the banks, the restaurant chains and big businesses that ignore Britain's small towns, Gary needs to crowdfund £50,000 to build a French style bistro out of the rubble of an old BetFred and convince a town of sceptical locals to fall in love with deep fried pig head croquettes and steak tartar… This is cooking for a new generation. Amazing food for anyone and everyone - no frills attached. This is the Rebel Chef, Gary Usher. Chef Entrepreneur Gary Usher, founded the award-winning Elite Bistros group back in 2011, starting with a restaurant set in a row of terrace houses in the small suburb of Hoole on the outskirts of Chester. Since then, Gary has gone on to open five more award-winning restaurants throughout the North West. With support from the huge following he has gained over the years, Gary has managed to raise almost half a million pounds through crowdfunding, with his latest efforts seeing him raise a record breaking £100,000 in less than 1 hour. After leaving school at 16, Gary worked in a series of pubs and top restaurants before opening his flagship restaurant, Sticky Walnut. He turned his life around with a mission to bring exceptional food, that doesn’t cost the earth, to everyone - whoever you are, wherever you are… and all with just a handful of headlines. Google him if you haven’t heard of him already. The documentary will air in Autumn 2019 on Channel 4. For more information about Elite Bistros, visit: https:// www.elitebistros.com or follow Gary Usher on Twitter @ garyusherchef. wirrallife.com 41